Win or lose, head coach Chuck Vallas was hoping the night would be a success for the Warriors because of something far more important than football, though. After captain Dan Murray was in a serious car accident days ago, the team was hoping to raise some money throughout the night to support him while also getting him a win.

By Kevin J. Stone/Daily News Correspondent

WAYLAND — After winning one game last year — via forfeit — the Mass. Warriors semi-pro football team looks like a runaway train in the early portion of the 2017 campaign.

Entering their New England Football League "A" division matchup with the Mid-Coast Falcons on Saturday night, the Warriors had outscored their opponents 78-0 in their first two games.

Win or lose, head coach Chuck Vallas was hoping the night would be a success for the Warriors because of something far more important than football, though. After captain Dan Murray was in a serious car accident days ago, the team was hoping to raise some money throughout the night to support him while also getting him a win.

Vallas got the best of both worlds as quite a bit of people showed up and the Warriors continued to roll thanks to the tune of an emphatic 60-8 blowout win at Wayland High School.

The Warriors are now 3-0 on the young season while the Falcons fell to 0-4.

"These guys were playing with passion tonight," Vallas said. "Murray's a very well respected guy, not just on the field, but off of it. As a former Marine and an uncle, he's just a great teammate and a great friend and the guys definitely wanted to get this for him tonight."

The early season explosion that has been the Warriors offense was on full display early and often on Saturday night as they built a 33-8 lead before halftime.

The Warriors received the opening kick off and 10 plays later, quarterback Joseph Esposito led his team on a 65-yard drive down to the one-yard line where Saqwuan Simmons punched it in for the short TD. A botched snap on the extra point was quickly turned into two points when Esposito handled the low snap and found Angel Carrasquillo for the 8-0 lead.

After forcing a three-and-out, the Warriors were forced to punt on their next drive. The punt actually hit the back of a lineman and a Falcon was able to scoop it and bring it down to the Warriors' five-yard line as the first quarter ended.

Mid-Coast ended up punching it in on a quarterback sneak and converted a two-point conversion to tie the game at 8-8, as the points where the first of the year given up by the Warriors.

A 25-yard touchdown catch by Yusuke Noma capped off a four-play, 60-plus-yard drive with 10:48 to play in the half and an extra point by Pat Caruso made it 15-7.

Four plays into the Falcons next drive, Cliff Alleyne came up with an interception and the Warriors' offense took over at the Mid-Coast 43. Two plays later, Alex Alleyne hauled in a 41-yard touchdown pass. The ensuing extra point was blocked but it was still a 21-8 lead for the Warriors with 4:57 to go.

Another interception - this time by Joe Santiago - three plays into Mid-Coast's next drive gave the Warriors the ball deep in Falcons territory, but it didn't matter as Esposito would take off for a 71-yard touchdown scamper three plays later, making it 27-8 with 2:17 remaining after another blocked extra point.

The Falcons fumbled the ensuing kick off at their own 27, and three plays later, Alex Alleyne again hauled in a TD catch, this time from 12 yards out. Another blocked extra point would make it 33-8 as the teams headed into halftime.

"Murray loves the game, and we tried to play this game with the same passion he does, we wanted this one for him," said Esposito.

In the third quarter, Alex Allenye's third touchdown catch following a Pookie Nevarez interception on the first drive of the second half for the Falcons, to make it 40-8 with a Caruso extra point. A scoop and score for Brian Morano on a muffed punt right near the 50-yard line and another Caruso extra point made it 47-8 heading to the fourth quarter.

A Simmons fumble recovery inside the five-yard line with roughly 12 minutes remaining set up a one-yard touchdown run for Karl Mann, with a failed extra point making it 53-8. A 30-yard touchdown run with less than three minutes to play from Jeff Jean, and a final extra point, put the cap on the emotional night.

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